“Loss is never easy, but learning about the normal, necessary process of grief and mourning can help. Everyone grieves and mourns differently, but there are six steps that we all must encounter.” The ...

In my last two posts, I have written about death and ways in which you can deal with it using the skills and the attitudes of resilience. We discussed the importance of not avoiding your feelings and ...

Grief can be more than losing a loved one. It can also be experienced when changing jobs or ending relationships.

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When a family grieves a loss, a barrage of different emotions, reactions, and coping mechanisms will emerge, likely at different paces. The process of grief may include shutting down, crying, sleeping ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The death of 12-year-old Juan Acevedo has been devastating to his family, this community, and schoolmates at Larkspur Middle School. But among the challenges faced when a ...

Some things in life just go together like the dropped ice cream on the ground and a toddler’s cry or a young son’s first goodbye and a mother’s tears. When the first one occurs, it is followed by the ...

Grief has a way of silencing the world. It doesn’t knock politely or wait for an invitation. It arrives unannounced, raw and unrelenting, often when we least expect it. Grief demands everything we ...

Teens may experience grief differently than adults and younger children. Knowing how to cope with grief in healthy ways can provide you with helpful resources for processing this complex, and at times ...

Cancer has touched the lives of so many, especially, in the Jewish community. Author Jason B. Rosenthal knows firsthand the life-long impacts of cancer. He lost his wife, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, to ...